Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A titleholder; a titular.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Consisting in a title; bearing a title; titular.
- Of or pertaining to a title; dependent upon or proceeding from a right or title.
- noun The holder of a title; a titular incumbent or holder.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A person invested with a title, in virtue of which he holds an office or benefice, whether he performs the duties of it or not.
- adjective Consisting in a title; titular.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a title.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Alternative form of
titular .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to a legal title to something
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Examples
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I direct a special thought to Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Dean of the College of Cardinals, titulary of this suburbicarian diocese of yours, and who today joins his happiness with yours.
Zenit: Papal Homily at Albano Cathedral papabear 2008
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I direct a special thought to Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Dean of the College of Cardinals, titulary of this suburbicarian diocese of yours, and who today joins his happiness with yours.
Archive 2008-09-21 papabear 2008
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Her titulary aspects do not conflict with that assumption and I was deeply gratified to find a PhD who could include significant details Wikipedia missed.
Disagreement Behind the Scenes Jan 2008
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I cannot recall the exact source offhand, Sumer I think but compound imagery was the mode of explaining cosmogenesis and theogony in pre-literate and pari-literate times and we find the residue of similar explicatory "myths" in subsequent sets of icons such as Anahita, whose personification of a complete cornucopia is evident in her titulary associations with "water" and all living things.
Disagreement Behind the Scenes Jan 2008
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Her titulary aspects do not conflict with that assumption and I was deeply gratified to find a PhD who could include significant details Wikipedia missed.
Archive 2008-10-01 Jan 2008
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[57] For Philocleon, the titulary god was Lycus, the son of Pandion, the
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes
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By dint of close research I discovered that the date favored by the inhabitants of Zagazig, as that upon which such creatures were born there, corresponded very closely with the Sacred Sothic month, formerly sacred to Bâst, the titulary goddess of the place, corresponded in short with the ancient Feast of Bâst.
The Green Eyes of Bâst Sax Rohmer 1921
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Returning to Texas, he continued in the mission field two years longer, when he returned to France with health broken and was appointed titulary canon of Montpellier.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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Bishop of Quebec found about twenty families at St. John in 1815, and he named St. Malachy as titulary of the small church they were completing there.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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In canon law an option is a way of obtaining a benefice or a title, by the choice of the new titulary himself.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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